Resolution No, 2013-06

A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Lakewood, Washington, adopting the Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014) Joint Tacoma and Lakewood Consolidated Annual Action Plan, including Amendments to Fiscal Year 2010, 2011 and 2012 Consolidated Annual Action Plans.

WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood, Washington, qualifies as an eligible Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement city, and the City Council has elected to pursue funding through that entitlement process; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood also entered into an agreement with the City of Tacoma for participation in their Home Investment Partnership Act (HOME) Consortium Programs; and,

WHEREAS, in connection therewith, the City Council provided for a CDBG Citizens’ Advisory Board; and,

WHEREAS, in order to receive CDBG and HOME federal dollars for Fiscal Year 2013, commencing on July 1, 2013, HUD requires participating jurisdictions to submit an Annual Action Plan defining the proposed use of CDBG and HOME funds for the Fiscal Year 2013, which Plan must be adopted by the city councils of the participating jurisdictions and submitted to HUD no later than May 13, 2013; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood’s Fiscal Year 2013 CDBG and HOME funding allocations from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are estimated to be $450,000 for CDBG and $241,790 for HOME; and,

WHEREAS, upon HUD’s review and approval, contracts would then need to be prepared for CDBG entitlements and Tacoma/Lakewood HOME Consortium members; and,

WHEREAS, in connection with such funding allocations-application process, it is appropriate that the City Council adopt a Fiscal Year 2013 Consolidated Annual Action Plan, including Amendments to Fiscal Year 2010, 2011 and 2012 Consolidated Annual Action Plans.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, WASHINGTON HEREBY RESOLVES, as Follows:

Section 1. That the Joint Tacoma and Lakewood Fiscal Year 2013 Consolidated Annual Action Plan, including Amendments to Fiscal Year 2010, 2011 and 2012 Consolidated Annual Action Plans, a copy of which is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by this reference, be, and the same hereby is, adopted.

Section 2. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect upon passage and signatures hereon.